The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume 9

Overview: Science fiction and fantasy has never been more diverse or vibrant, and 2014 has provided a bountiful crop of extraordinary stories. These stories are about the future, worlds beyond our own, the realms of our imaginations and dreams but, more importantly, they are the stories of ourselves. Featuring best-selling writers and emerging talents, here are some of the most exciting genre writers working today. Multi-award winning editor Jonathan Strahan once again brings you the best stories from the past year. Within you will find twenty-eight amazing tales from authors across the globe, displaying why science fiction and fantasy are genres increasingly relevant to our turbulent world. Science fiction and fantasy has never been more diverse or vibrant, and 2014 has provided a bountiful crop of extraordinary stories. These stories are about the future, worlds beyond our own, the realms of our imaginations and dreams but, more importantly, they are the stories of ourselves. Featuring best-selling writers and emerging talents, here are some of the most exciting genre writers working today. Multi-award winning editor Jonathan Strahan once again brings you the best stories from the past year. Within you will find twenty-eight amazing tales from authors across the globe, displaying why science fiction and fantasy are genres increasingly relevant to our turbulent world. CONTENT Tough Times All Over, Joe Abercrombie The Scrivener, Eleanor Arnason Moriabes Children, Paolo Bacigalupi Covenant, Elizabeth Bear Slipping, Lauren Beukes Ten Rules for Being an Intergalactic Smuggler (The Successful Kind), Holly Black Shadow Flock, Greg Egan The Truth About Owls, Amal El-Mohtar Cimmeria: From the Journal of Imaginary Anthropology, Theodora Goss Cold Wind, Nicola Griffith Someday, James Patrick Kelly Interstate Love Song (Murder Ballad No.8), Caitlin R Kiernan Mothers, Lock Up Your Daughters Because They are Terrifying, Alice Sola Kim Amicae Aeternum, Ellen Klages Calligo Lane, Ellen Klages The Lady and the Fox, Kelly Link The Long Haul From the ANNALS OF TRANSPORTATION, The Pacific Monthly, May 2009, Ken Liu The Vaporization Enthalpy of a Peculiar Pakistani Family, Usman T Mailk Four Days of Christmas, Tim Maughan The Fifth Dragon, Ian McDonald Shay Corsham Worsted, Garth Nix I Met a Man Who Wasnt There, K. J. Parker Kheldyu, Karl Schroeder Tawny Petticoats, Michael Swanwick Grand Jet (The Great Leap), Rachel Swirsky The Insects of Love, Genevieve Valentine Collateral, Peter Watts The Devil in America, Kai Ashante Wilson The best, most original and brightest science fiction and fantasy stories from around the globe from the past twelve months are brought together in one collection by multiple-award-winning editor Jonathan Strahan. It will include stories from both the biggest names in the field and the most exciting new talents.